Christine Quinn

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News about Christine Quinn, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jan. 18, 2015

Former New York City Council speaker and mayoral candidate Christine C Quinn has been appointed special adviser to New York Gov Andrew M Cuomo; will formally join his administration in spring 2015. MORE

Sep. 4, 2014

Christine C Quinn, former speaker of New York City Council, joins board of abortion-rights group Naral Pro-Choice New York; Quinn will advise group on political strategy as it works to help elect supportive state senators. MORE

Dec. 20, 2013

New York City Council Speaker Christine C Quinn presides over her final meeting at City Hall; nearly every member of council took a turn to comment on Quinn's eight-year tenure with a unified message of thanks as she departs for a new path. MORE

Sep. 18, 2013

Christine C Quinn urges support for Bill de Blasio, rival she had fought most bitterly in New York City Democratic mayoral primary. MORE

Sep. 13, 2013

New York City Council Speaker Christine C Quinn turns back to the business of legislating after finishing third in the Democratic mayoral primary; winning just roughly 15 percent of the vote was a disappointment for Quinn, who was long the frontrunner in the race and who received enormous attention as potentially the city's first female and openly gay mayor. MORE

Sep. 12, 2013

Christine C Quinn’s defeat in Democratic primary in race for New York City mayor is stirring intense debate about whether her gender or her sexual orientation played any role in her struggle to win over voters. MORE

Sep. 11, 2013

Jim Dwyer About New York column observes that Christine C Quinn, once expected to win the New York mayoral Democratic primary easily, was instead seen by many as a proxy for Mayor Michael R Bloomberg. MORE

Sep. 8, 2013

Ginia Bellafante Big City column observes that public’s distaste for Christine C Quinn is evident in polls as she seeks to become the Democratic nominee for mayor; says that Quinn's greatest sin is not an authoritarian vision, but rather not much vision at all, and that taint of malleability and opportunism has been difficult for her to shake. MORE

Sep. 7, 2013

Trailside blog; New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, bolstered by rising popularity, campaigns in Chelsea, home neighborhood of rival Christine C Quinn. MORE

Sep. 7, 2013

Trailside blog; New York City mayoral candidate Christine C Quinn highlights her record on gay rights issues before crowds of supporters at Stonewall Inn, West Village pub known as birthplace of modern gay rights movement. MORE

Sep. 5, 2013

Michael Powell Gotham column contends City Council Speaker Christine C Quinn has faced criticism in her run for New York City mayor about her disposition and short temper; holds that many New Yorkers, as well as their past mayors, have similar dispositions, and wonders if criticism is based on Quinn's gender. MORE

Sep. 5, 2013

Gail Collins Op-Ed column examines reasons why Bill de Blasio seems to be leading in the Democratic primary for New York City's mayoral election; assesses Christine C Quinn's chances, and notes fact that she is the candidate most associated with Mayor Michael Bloomberg may account for the loss of her front-runner status. MORE

Sep. 4, 2013

With six days to catch an ascendant rival, Christine C. Quinn has released her first negative ad of the Democratic mayoral primary campaign, “Closer Look.” MORE

Sep. 2, 2013

Christine C Quinn's decision in 2007 to undo law overturning New York's term limits after earlier refusing to do is perceived flip-flop that continues to haunt her 2013 mayoral candidacy; while many saw about-face as deal that guaranteed Mayor Michael R Bloomberg a third term in exchange for blessing in Quinn's own eventual bid for City Hall, close-in examination reveals that her reversal was an act more of self-preservation than of trading favors (Series: In the Running). MORE

Sep. 2, 2013

New York City mayoral candidate Christine C Quinn, whose campaign has been damaged by perception that she is less critical of Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practices than her leading rival Bill de Blasio, says she will submit court papers to support a monitor for the police; announcement draws criticism from de Blasio, who argues Quinn's move is political stunt. MORE

Aug. 31, 2013

Trailside blog; Bill de Blasio is sharply reducing his scheduled public appearances just as New York City Democratic mayoral primary rival Christine C Quinn is increasing her scheduled stops in last-ditch effort to close in on his growing lead in polls. MORE

Aug. 31, 2013

Trailside blog; New York City mayoral candidate Christine C Quinn holds news conference in Times Square to announce what she would do as mayor to help veterans. MORE

Aug. 30, 2013

New York Times and Siena College poll finds that frustration with New York’s unaffordability and its aggressive police tactics is elevating Bill de Blasio, once dismissed as left-leaning longshot, into lead of Democratic mayoral primary field; Christine C Quinn, longtime front-runner in nomination contest, is now lagging far behind de Blasio. MORE

Aug. 28, 2013

New York law caps individual contributions to mayoral candidates, but records for 2013 are notable for their paucity of donations from hedge fund managers. MORE

Aug. 27, 2013

New York City Council Speaker Christine C Quinn, only woman in crowded field of Democratic candidates for New York City mayor, is making a concerted effort to reach out to female voters as primary election nears; she is attending events that highlight her interest in women's issues and her support from prominent women. MORE

Aug. 25, 2013

Editorial endorses New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in the Democratic primary for New York's mayoral election; endorses Joseph Lhota in the Republican primary. MORE

Aug. 22, 2013

Trailside blog; Bill de Blasio and Christine C Quinn, Democratic front-runners in race for New York City mayor, get into ugly dispute over whether de Blasio's wife Chirlane McCray suggested that Quinn could not understand problems of parents because she does not have children herself; de Blasio campaign says McCray's comments were initially quoted incorrectly and were not inappropriate when taken in context. MORE

Aug. 20, 2013

George Capsis, publisher of community paper WestView News, slaps State Sen Brad Hoylman and a campaign intern at Christine C Quinn's mayoral campaign event; assault occurs after former State Sen Thomas K Duane touted Quinn's fight to save St Vincent's hospital, which Capsis and other protesters disputed; Capsis says he was angry because his dying wife was sent to hospital in Bronx following closing, making it hard to visit her. MORE

Aug. 20, 2013

Frank Bruni Op-Ed column points out New York City's mayoral election is personal for political consultant Josh Isay, who works for Christine Quinn; notes prospect of city's first openly gay mayor is greatly significant to Isay, whose father, Richard Isay, was a renowned psychologist who became a prominent gay-rights advocate after accepting his own homosexuality. MORE

Aug. 19, 2013

Kim M Catullo, wife of New York City mayoral candidate Christine C Quinn, is taking on a more visible role in the campaign, despite her earlier reservations about Quinn's decision to run. MORE

Aug. 17, 2013

Christine C Quinn moves aggressively to put distance between herself and Mayor Michael R Bloomberg, denouncing his support of stop and frisk policing tactic, in effort to fend off strong challenge from mayoral campaign rival Bill de Blasio. MORE

Aug. 16, 2013

Trailside blog; Wall Street Journal, WNBC and the Marist Institute poll of the Democratic primary in the New York City mayoral election shows that Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn are tied in first place with 24 percent each among voters. MORE

Aug. 14, 2013

Democratic candidates for mayor of New York City have their first live televised debate; jousting over term limits is among highlights of the night, and no mention is made of new poll suggesting that Bill de Blasio had pulled ahead of Christine C Quinn in the race. MORE

Aug. 14, 2013

Trailside blog; empty seat in place of Christine C Quinn has become common at forums for New York City mayoral candidates; political analysts suggest Quinn's sidestepping of intimate settings could be strategic, as her brash style can often abrade. MORE

Aug. 14, 2013

Trailside blog; Quinnipiac poll finds Bill de Blasio, most liberal of Democratic candidates, has vaulted into first place passed Christine C Quinn in party's campaign for New York mayor. MORE

Aug. 13, 2013

The mother of an uninsured 24-year-old, Manny Lanza, who died in 2005 while awaiting surgery speaks emotionally about how through the legislative work of Christine C. Quinn, “Manny didn’t die in vain.” MORE

Aug. 12, 2013

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn leads Democratic mayoral candidates in fundraising, with $8.6 million on hand. MORE

Aug. 9, 2013

Trailside blog; latest New York Times/Siena College poll shows that City Council Speaker Christine C Quinn is leading in Democratic primary for New York City mayor. MORE

Aug. 8, 2013

Trailside blog; New York City mayoral candidates Christine C Quinn and William C Thompson Jr turn focus, and fire, on each other; Quinn questions Thompson's fiscal management skills during his tenure as comptroller, while Thompson brings up Quinn's slush fund scandal. MORE

Aug. 4, 2013

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column describes speaking with New York City Council Speaker Christine C Quinn about her struggle to strengthen her connection with voters in the mayoral race. MORE

Aug. 2, 2013

Jul. 31, 2013

In a 30-second spot, John A. Catsimatidis says he is the most serious candidate about New York’s security. MORE

Jul. 31, 2013

Trailside blog; Christine C Quinn, front-runner in New York City's mayoral race once again, finds a lot of people want to talk about city’s scandal-scarred candidates. MORE

Jul. 30, 2013

Trailside blog; William C Thompson Jr and Bill de Blasio are attempting to seize an opening in the mayoral race amid mounting calls for Anthony D Weiner to drop out; Thompson and de Blasio each hope to be seen as a viable alternative to Christine C Quinn, current front-runner for the Democratic nomination. MORE

Jul. 27, 2013

Christine C Quinn, mayoral candidate seen to have her own weaknesses, is making a subtle plea to New York City voters to distinguish herself from all the misbehaving men on political scene; has moved quickly in the past several days to conspicuously distance herself from celebrity transgressors Anthony D Weiner and Eliot Spitzer as her political operation is now realizing that her appeal includes what she has not done, which is hire prostitutes or send lewd self-portraits to strangers. MORE

Jul. 20, 2013

Trailside blog; Sergeant's Benevolent Association accuses mayoral candidate Christine C Quinn of seeking special treatment by calling police commissioner to complain of slow ambulance response when woman collapsed at news conference in Brooklyn; union is unhappy over Quinn's support of measure to create inspector general for Police Department. MORE

Jul. 18, 2013

Christine C. Quinn, in the season’s first television ad for a Democrat running for mayor, presents her central message, that she gets things done. MORE

Jul. 17, 2013

New York City Council intern tumbles to the ground during outdoor news conference with Christine C Quinn, Council speaker and mayoral candidate; ambulance takes 31 minutes to arrive, and only after an outraged Quinn phones police commissioner directly for assistance. MORE

Jul. 16, 2013

Trailside blog; Quinnipiac University poll shows Anthony D Weiner and Christine C Quinn remain at the front of the pack among Democratic candidates for mayor, and Eliot Spitzer holds a comfortable lead in the Democratic primary for comptroller; poll suggests scandals might not be weighing down either Weiner or Spitzer. MORE

Jul. 10, 2013

Trailside blog; New York City Council Speaker Christine C Quinn’s father was poised to play a starring role in her mayoral campaign but ailments have kept him off the trail; campaign is instead set to create a Twitter account for the famously opinionated, if technologically challenged, Lawrence Quinn. MORE

Jul. 9, 2013

Trailside blog; Christine C Quinn, leading Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, announces legislation that would tweak the letter-grade health rating system for city restaurants, a highly visible innovation of the Bloomberg administration that has received middling reviews from the hospitality industry. MORE

Jun. 29, 2013

New York City Council Speaker Christine C Quinn, with two months left in an increasingly unpredictable Democratic primary, dispatches a volunteer army unlike any in the mayoral race to every corner of the city; is determined not just to promote her campaign, but also to systematically ferret out and rebut voters' reservations and resentments toward her; sophistication of her operation could prove decisive in the open-seat election. MORE

Jun. 28, 2013

Trailside blog; New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, one of city's most politically potent unions, endorses Speaker Christine Quinn in mayor's race. MORE

Jun. 27, 2013

Trailside blog; Quinnipiac University poll suggests race for New York City mayor is three-way tie among Christine C Quinn, Anthony D Weiner and William C Thompson Jr; Quinn has support of 19 percent of voters, Weiner 17 percent, and Thompson 16. MORE

February 26, 2014, Wednesday

During the final session of the 2013 legislative calendar, nearly every member of the New York City Council took a turn to comment on Christine C. Quinn’s eight-year tenure with a unified message: Thank you.

December 20, 2013, Friday

In lobbying for Melissa Mark-Viverito to become speaker, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will get a legislative partner whose outspokenness against inequality matches, if it does not sometimes exceed, his own.

December 20, 2013, Friday

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